tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18699377939751215652019-02-27T13:38:00.482-08:00Darrell Anderson's Paintings, Marker Drawings and PrintsDarrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.comBlogger450125http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifDarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrintshttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-53690823444199910992019-02-26T20:22:00.002-08:002019-02-26T20:22:57.907-08:00Intuitive Painting Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JgLIH_shP60/XHYKjXBl8rI/AAAAAAAAD4s/LHAaKgFzUcIJ3eV0jRUWRrfrVEx2m7xmgCLcBGAs/s1600/Oksana%252C%2B16x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1320" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JgLIH_shP60/XHYKjXBl8rI/AAAAAAAAD4s/LHAaKgFzUcIJ3eV0jRUWRrfrVEx2m7xmgCLcBGAs/s640/Oksana%252C%2B16x20.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Oksana' &nbsp;16x20....</span></b><br />.....was done at her sister's home in January of this year.<br /><br />I'm posting it because I'm teaching a class called <b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Intuitive Painting</span></i></b> that starts this coming Tuesday, March 5th at the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Winslow Art Center</span></b>. &nbsp;It is filling up but still has a place or two.<br /><br />The conditions for this painting were difficult. &nbsp;The light behind her hit me in the eyes causing a glare in both my face and across the canvas. &nbsp;The more paint I put on the worse it became. &nbsp;Once the canvas was covered I actually couldn't tell what color or value I was mixing. &nbsp;I was doing it by the seat of my pants. &nbsp;I assumed it would be an absolute failure once I got it into good light and could see.<br /><br />Well, it seems OK, &nbsp;and reminded me of all the times that when it was the last pose of a model or when the sun was rapidly setting or during a night painting that many painters go into 'automatic mode', painting like a whirlwind and just trusting to gut instinct. &nbsp;So often the best things happen when we are forced to get our rational minds out of the process and allow our intuition to take over. &nbsp; Somehow it works.<br /><br />Perhaps we make painting too much of a intellectual thing, not trusting to all our years of training, doubting our own guidance system.<br /><br />I haven't taught this kind of a course before so I'm giving it all I have to see if increasing the ability to &nbsp;use intuition can improve and strengthen our art. &nbsp;Perhaps getting all our internal 'stuff' out of the way will be a good thing. &nbsp;By the way, <i>Art and Fear</i> is a good book to start the wheels moving about all kinds of art things, including intuition and trust. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Come if you can. &nbsp;I'd love to see you.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;">I'll be back. &nbsp;Thanks for looking.</span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/3AohZl4lxTo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2019/02/intuitive-painting-class.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-63012542528224973532018-12-09T11:54:00.001-08:002018-12-09T12:20:52.433-08:00June's Battle at the Point, 12x24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aPJ5ErZpv3E/XAi2uxMGzLI/AAAAAAAAD4c/LTmiWP6l7vgrE_hwkEuZw1rYl4oHhA1AwCLcBGAs/s1600/Battle%2BPoint%2BJune%252C%2B12x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aPJ5ErZpv3E/XAi2uxMGzLI/AAAAAAAAD4c/LTmiWP6l7vgrE_hwkEuZw1rYl4oHhA1AwCLcBGAs/s640/Battle%2BPoint%2BJune%252C%2B12x24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">One day last Spring.....</span></b><br />.....two artist friends called to say they were out painting and to show up if I was interested. &nbsp;I went. &nbsp;I found them under a tree 'for shade' and next to the restroom 'for the obvious' but with challenging subject matter to paint. &nbsp;Like, nothing within half a block but fields. &nbsp;Since I enjoy their company I stayed and did my best to find something, anything, for inspiration.<br /><br />Well, you are looking at it. &nbsp;We live in/near a temperate rainforest. &nbsp;There is a lot of green. &nbsp;Sixty to one hundred foot walls of the stuff. &nbsp;So this became my 'Walls of Green' challenge.<br /><br />No unusual premixed tube colors, just your normal red, yellow and blue in warm and cool versions of each, so the mixing had to be inventively done. &nbsp;I don't remember doing any pre-drawing on this one. &nbsp;Seat of the pants all the way.<br /><br />Here is the first version of this that was headed for the scrape pile but I let it sit for a couple months in the corner of my studio staring at me like our cat in that irritating way when she wants to be fed:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UhPM_M7BXY/XAi2kk0MmeI/AAAAAAAAD4g/HkslAr15Rsk0nssUTU7DZiQRarUaX_PSgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Afternoon%2Bat%2BBattlepoint%252C%2B12x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1600" height="198" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UhPM_M7BXY/XAi2kk0MmeI/AAAAAAAAD4g/HkslAr15Rsk0nssUTU7DZiQRarUaX_PSgCEwYBhgL/s400/Afternoon%2Bat%2BBattlepoint%252C%2B12x24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eventually I thought that it was too much in my face, demanding of attention. &nbsp;I changed it to make a softer painting with a greater feeling of distance in it. &nbsp;It still may not have arrived. &nbsp;I'm actually posting it because when things get posted prematurely I tend to get upset and will arrive at a solution much faster than if I just sit around with it staring at me in the studio. &nbsp;Besides, now at least you can see the crows. &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I tell my students that some paintings demand a chicken. &nbsp;Perhaps, like <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Billy Collins</span></b> says in one of his poems, it needs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"anything with cows, especially if they are standing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a stream, their large, vacuous faces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">staring into the warm, nineteenth century afternoon."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's an idea.</div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;Back later...&nbsp;</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/tx9vo7YODRI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2018/12/junes-battle-at-point-12x24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-38508103328956284812018-12-05T21:37:00.000-08:002018-12-05T21:37:45.786-08:00Hangin' at Mrs. Fils, 12x16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HnR8egNos6Y/XAizht9OZLI/AAAAAAAAD4M/nh1OiV2hn6wV7OApBr68ST-8zffzfwO4QCLcBGAs/s1600/hanging%2Bat%2BMrs.%2BFils%252C%2B12x16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1198" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HnR8egNos6Y/XAizht9OZLI/AAAAAAAAD4M/nh1OiV2hn6wV7OApBr68ST-8zffzfwO4QCLcBGAs/s400/hanging%2Bat%2BMrs.%2BFils%252C%2B12x16.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Noelle needed exercise.....</span></b><br />....so we went to see her best play-friend, Ms. B. &nbsp;The paints were in the car, it was a nice day and I grabbed the brushes and a panel and began looking around. &nbsp;There it was, hanging on the shed door. &nbsp;I forget what they call the flowers.<br /><br />The difficult part was that the sun was moving fast and those shadows were on a stampede to be somewhere other than where I had first seen them. &nbsp;Great fun. &nbsp;Nice summer day. &nbsp;The dogs had a great time.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;I'll be back. &nbsp;</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/TWZqGEkRc68" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2018/12/hangin-at-mrs-fils-12x16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-33613089803307725782018-11-26T21:09:00.002-08:002018-11-26T21:09:54.212-08:00Drydock, 10x20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwR021nQI-g/W_zAxjTVGsI/AAAAAAAAD3U/NR-0OSMRdi8JDVxq1gE-HWVkPabXwtRwgCLcBGAs/s1600/Drydock%252C%2B10x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1600" height="316" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwR021nQI-g/W_zAxjTVGsI/AAAAAAAAD3U/NR-0OSMRdi8JDVxq1gE-HWVkPabXwtRwgCLcBGAs/s640/Drydock%252C%2B10x20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Boatyards are....</span></b><br />...an admitted fascination. &nbsp;I'm not sure what the attraction is but I know there is no limit to the shapes, detail, color, movement, sense of adventure and unique people there. &nbsp;This one is the Port Townsend yard where boats from up and down the west coast can be found. &nbsp;This time there were more than usual from Alaska getting all cleaned up.<br /><br />&nbsp;I was there with my good friend Mick Davidson and we spent the first half hour just wandering around looking for ideas. &nbsp;The possibilities were all over but when I saw this scene I felt intrigued and, though I felt it too complicated to pull off very well, I walked back there with my shellacked birch panel and dove in.<br /><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Composition:</span></b><br />It took a bit but I finally figured out what my attraction was. &nbsp;It was the sense of space and depth, from the temporary stairs and scaffolding back into the distant hill and sky. &nbsp;I felt expansive looking at it. &nbsp;Here is how it went in my head. &nbsp;If I look to the sweet spots (divide the canvas in thirds and look to where the lines cross) for possible focal points, this is what it looks like:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E8DbQPEV8uU/W_zLDVA5vfI/AAAAAAAAD3g/rHAjVw7xAkkslA6h2MRxckzK_qnRXR_tgCLcBGAs/s1600/Drydock%2Bcomp2%252C%2B10x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1600" height="158" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E8DbQPEV8uU/W_zLDVA5vfI/AAAAAAAAD3g/rHAjVw7xAkkslA6h2MRxckzK_qnRXR_tgCLcBGAs/s320/Drydock%2Bcomp2%252C%2B10x20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The colorful buoys and the detail of equipment was the obvious spot, but there was another one in that upright structure in the background boat. &nbsp;The buoys won. &nbsp;Not much else attractive in the other two circles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I wondered about eye travel through the piece until I noticed that the stair structure was similar in size and construction with that thing on the back boat. &nbsp;My eyes kept going around the scene and pausing briefly at each of those areas....but still anchored on the buoys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ysBsVIcvh7A/W_zM0dZFvEI/AAAAAAAAD3s/o6m_GlWbKy0_92JFLCZSTT_zipmUFlDFgCLcBGAs/s1600/Drydock%252Ccomp3%2B10x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1600" height="158" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ysBsVIcvh7A/W_zM0dZFvEI/AAAAAAAAD3s/o6m_GlWbKy0_92JFLCZSTT_zipmUFlDFgCLcBGAs/s320/Drydock%252Ccomp3%2B10x20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Toward the finish I thought again about the sense of space and found the distant hill and shoreline on the left side and the masts from the sailboats toward the right added an additional feeling of depth. &nbsp;And, of course, the sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Tn-OoBh2YY/W_zNZfjaojI/AAAAAAAAD30/2CTgBnJOf0U0bBAPzRXLRdh6OslqR_EDQCLcBGAs/s1600/Drydock%252C%2Bcomp4%2B10x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1600" height="158" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Tn-OoBh2YY/W_zNZfjaojI/AAAAAAAAD30/2CTgBnJOf0U0bBAPzRXLRdh6OslqR_EDQCLcBGAs/s320/Drydock%252C%2Bcomp4%2B10x20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This took about two hours, so after a bowl of soup with Mick I went looking for another. &nbsp;I liked the intense backlight in this one, although I almost went blind doing it. &nbsp;One of the workers stopped by and told me that this boat was derelict and going to be cut up. &nbsp;Too bad I don't remember the name, so I titled it <b><span style="color: #741b47;">"Her Last Stand" 10x15</span></b>. &nbsp;You figure out the composition. &nbsp;Because of the sun this was seat of the pants painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/rMGUGeV9Urc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2018/05/five-small-studies-8x8.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-70841396669468331092018-04-30T21:34:00.000-07:002018-04-30T21:34:10.644-07:00Reflecting on Hangzhou, 12x16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ymL6t9jehVQ/WufjaJjWVeI/AAAAAAAAD0g/AUPYe47GaN0_4l05KyCzhXKrWcLHf1d5wCLcBGAs/s1600/Reflecting%2Bon%2BHangzhou%252C%2B12x16_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1180" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ymL6t9jehVQ/WufjaJjWVeI/AAAAAAAAD0g/AUPYe47GaN0_4l05KyCzhXKrWcLHf1d5wCLcBGAs/s640/Reflecting%2Bon%2BHangzhou%252C%2B12x16_.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">More Than Twenty Years Ago....</span></b><br />....and about this time of year, a group of artists journeyed to China to study in Hangzhou at a leading Chinese art school. &nbsp;I was lucky enough to be part of the trip. <br /><br />At that time China was just opening up to the world and many of the revolutionary effects of the Red Guard were still visible.....or weren't visible, having been destroyed. &nbsp;Wandering around town I almost walked into the local military headquarters complete with tanks, lots of uniformed gun toting guards and full armament. &nbsp;In the morning some very patriotic message driven music was played over the loud speakers for our wake up call. &nbsp;This happened around 4:30 AM. &nbsp;No shower because of no even slightly warmish water. <br /><br />Breakfast was at 6:30 so we had a couple of hours to go paint or draw across the street in the park by a large lake in the center of town. &nbsp;We had company as tai chi groups were doing their exercises. &nbsp;The street sweepers were also out. &nbsp;Picture small groups of women of modest means sweeping the streets using brooms they had just made from tied together twigs.<br /><br />Below is a very quick study I did in those early hours and there was something about it I liked and hoped to revisit as a more completed work one day. &nbsp;That day came about four months ago when I ran across it.....so working from the sketch and my memory the painting above is what I got.<br />&nbsp;<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7fVA72VFhHs/WufjaAQItaI/AAAAAAAAD0k/EeY1VzSbBdQBFlAKnkC91uis3tUTI2_BgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Hangzhou%252C%2B12x16_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1186" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7fVA72VFhHs/WufjaAQItaI/AAAAAAAAD0k/EeY1VzSbBdQBFlAKnkC91uis3tUTI2_BgCEwYBhgL/s400/Hangzhou%252C%2B12x16_.jpg" width="296" /></a></div>&nbsp;<br />I wouldn't have posted this at all but a member of that trip, Marilyn Webberley, commented on my last FB post and hearing from her brought back good memories of the trip. &nbsp;I don't remember everyone who was along but Millard Davidson, Robert Moore, Bye Bitney, Linda Tippets, Diane McClary, and Scott Switzer are painters on that trip that I know are still swinging a brush. &nbsp;Make a comment if you are one of the others so I can add you....<br /><br />Loved meeting the Chinese students and seeing their work, much of which we have hanging in the house today. &nbsp;We also laughed a whole lot....about the most ridiculous things.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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font-size: large;">Over the last few winter months....</span></b><br />.....our small portrait group has met every couple of weeks. &nbsp;The models are friends from the island who are willing to sit for a couple of hours. &nbsp;Here are a few paintings from that experience.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Rodney'</span></b> works as a designer of large off shore fish farming enclosures. &nbsp;These enclosures float in the open ocean where currents allow free movement of water, solving some of the problems of nets along shorelines. &nbsp;He sails boats, rides bikes, makes kombucha and is a very interesting and knowledgeable guy to talk with. &nbsp;Plus, he keeps my interest up while painting his portrait.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zCObcFk9qCI/Wty2s30FDuI/AAAAAAAADz8/kETWj8Ra4GMw9Sd6qH0WZdDNJtSC3peUQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Noelle%2Band%2BFriend%252C%2B16x20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1600" height="499" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zCObcFk9qCI/Wty2s30FDuI/AAAAAAAADz8/kETWj8Ra4GMw9Sd6qH0WZdDNJtSC3peUQCEwYBhgL/s640/Noelle%2Band%2BFriend%252C%2B16x20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Noelle and Friend, 16.5x21<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Maybe this should be called <b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Sylvia and Friend'</span></b> because, really, Noelle the Wonder Dog sort of jumped up and settled into that spot on her own. &nbsp;Sylvia is an old friend who, when not sitting on a couch with a mirror, is usually found painting landscapes or working in her lush garden. &nbsp;A woman of boundless energy with her fingers in many 'pies'.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y3OKiqTUKQ8/Wty2nTG1WeI/AAAAAAAADzw/UKfQJiz9dmgwAnqQNb-Q6IiRFC8h6QUswCEwYBhgL/s1600/Gary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="776" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y3OKiqTUKQ8/Wty2nTG1WeI/AAAAAAAADzw/UKfQJiz9dmgwAnqQNb-Q6IiRFC8h6QUswCEwYBhgL/s640/Gary.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Gary' 13.5x28</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Gary' </span></b>beats me in darts but I get even in cribbage. &nbsp;Woodworker, man who loves boats, someone to go to for good advice on most anything and one of the few people who has a backhoe 'just for the hell of it'. &nbsp;He is an intelligent and very interesting person plus a good friend. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUZp6abp1vU/Wty2o5NQvKI/AAAAAAAADz4/IXvF1uzTdXk35O-d3xUlDldG36bu1hl-ACEwYBhgL/s1600/Grace%252C%2B20x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1340" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUZp6abp1vU/Wty2o5NQvKI/AAAAAAAADz4/IXvF1uzTdXk35O-d3xUlDldG36bu1hl-ACEwYBhgL/s640/Grace%252C%2B20x24.jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Grace' 20x24</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Grace' </span></b>is a new acquaintance who I run into at the local farm outlet store where she spends her days selling produce. &nbsp;Silhouetted portraits, especially ones where the light is flat and doesn't supply many shadows such as in this one, are difficult for me. &nbsp;It was her stillness and somewhat enigmatic face that kept me going. &nbsp;The HeyDey Farm store sells the best granola, by the way.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1P4blpPpy5c/Wty2o5dEq5I/AAAAAAAADz0/ae5div-ChMIapZt4D1rkm_Rv4Ug6kzFrACEwYBhgL/s1600/Jim%252C%2B20x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1332" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1P4blpPpy5c/Wty2o5dEq5I/AAAAAAAADz0/ae5div-ChMIapZt4D1rkm_Rv4Ug6kzFrACEwYBhgL/s640/Jim%252C%2B20x24.jpg" width="531" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Jim' 20x24</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Jim'</span></b> has spent much of his life as a bass player for various groups. &nbsp;He loves the Chicago Blues, Paul &nbsp;Butterfield and players like Joe Bonamassa. &nbsp;So do I so we had a lot to talk about while this painting was going on. &nbsp;He also is a new friend who sends me interesting music vids.<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;">The particulars for artists:</span></b> 'Gary' and 'Noelle and Friend' are done on gessoed hardboard. &nbsp;The others are also on hardboard but I adhered canvas to the surface. &nbsp;I like working on Fredrix 'Dallas' weave preprimed canvas. &nbsp;I generally use flats for brushes, liking Utrecht, Robert Simmons and Rosemary brands. &nbsp;The palette is fairly simple. &nbsp;Cerulean Blue Hue (basically Pthalo Blue mixed with white), Ultramarine Blue, Cad Yellow Lemon or Pale, Cad Yellow Light, Cad Orange (sometimes), Cad Red Light, Rose Madder Permanent, and Burnt Sienna. &nbsp;Sometimes I''ll add Ivory Black and Burnt Sienna.</div><div><br /></div><div>I seem to do my best paintings when I don't draw ahead of time. &nbsp;By that I mean it's easier for me when I don't use too many lines to define the image. &nbsp;Rather, I use broad masses of a faster drying neutral color that I can easily paint over. &nbsp;My accuracy to the subject, whether portrait, still life or landscape, improves when the lines aren't there. <br /><br />While that may seem counter intuitive, we really see the world in masses. &nbsp;Lines are a translation of what we see and, I think, hem us in when trying to be creative. &nbsp;I don't want a coloring book. &nbsp;A lump of clay seems to have more freedom.....but I love to draw when drawing is an end in itself and not a prep to a painting.<br /><br />Noelle, Rodney and Gary were done through that massing in approach. &nbsp;One was over an old painting. &nbsp;Rodney was over a thin dry surface of Burnt Umber. &nbsp;Very few lines if any.<br /><br />OK. &nbsp;Long post.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;I'll be back.....</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/DOktEtWzL8E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2018/04/portraits-five.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-30691774964517082472018-03-23T18:17:00.000-07:002018-04-22T18:55:14.549-07:00Provence Poppies II, 12x12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7DU6sNlU40/WrWezdncqsI/AAAAAAAADy8/8tAyheT9VdUyIeqGkZHALYyJ8UbiRo-ngCLcBGAs/s1600/Provence%2BPoppies%252C%2B12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1600" height="396" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7DU6sNlU40/WrWezdncqsI/AAAAAAAADy8/8tAyheT9VdUyIeqGkZHALYyJ8UbiRo-ngCLcBGAs/s400/Provence%2BPoppies%252C%2B12x12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Sorting through the studio.....</span></b><br />.......I ran across a painting from 6 or 7 years ago that I had done in the studio using a small Provence field sketch as reference. &nbsp;I remembered at the time being dissatisfied with it but went ahead and put it in a gallery for a short time, but it didn't sell. <br /><br />After getting it back home I must have worked on it a bit and given up, not clicking on what it was lacking. &nbsp;I could remember the scene clearly, but didn't know how to make the lines and busyness of the foreground weave my eye into the mid and background. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">This is what it originally was posted as back in 2012</span></b>:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-13c9lAgipDM/WrWhRFox68I/AAAAAAAADzM/1Qs6Qy-wgA0YFRSts6m3RGjXeKicwYVrgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Spring%2BPoppies%252C%2B12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-13c9lAgipDM/WrWhRFox68I/AAAAAAAADzM/1Qs6Qy-wgA0YFRSts6m3RGjXeKicwYVrgCEwYBhgL/s320/Spring%2BPoppies%252C%2B12x12.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2012 Version</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The photo may not have been that great but even so the piece is flat and uninteresting to my eye. &nbsp;The horizontal and diagonal lines were dominating. &nbsp;My eye skipped over the poppies and ended on the white flower bush in the mid-distance....and got stuck there. &nbsp;The background I liked.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It seemed to me I needed to make the poppies more interesting, subdue the mid-ground flowers, and find a few more verticals. &nbsp;After making those adjustments I thought it looked better....yet I was still dissatisfied.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's when that large cumulus cloud in the background was added as a vertical element, one that subtly mimicked the tree shape. &nbsp;Satisfaction level got lifted. &nbsp;Perhaps it should be a larger painting. &nbsp;Beats me. &nbsp;What do you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking!&nbsp;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/YNkVpVn7-_s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2018/01/ollie-and-austin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-70802522231362462262017-10-06T11:14:00.000-07:002017-10-06T11:14:28.105-07:00Fall at the Gardens, 12x12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09lIULpjXhg/WdfD_1SlrvI/AAAAAAAADyA/cfpGFBqyYyMRslRXWG1SKnOnFpOYovQMQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fall%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGardens%252C%2B12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1599" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09lIULpjXhg/WdfD_1SlrvI/AAAAAAAADyA/cfpGFBqyYyMRslRXWG1SKnOnFpOYovQMQCLcBGAs/s400/Fall%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGardens%252C%2B12x12.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Bainbridge Gardens....</span></b><br />....has long been a destination for tour buses that visit the island, so when I got a suggestion to paint there I was in. &nbsp;(They also have a nice outdoor restaurant.)<br /><br />You'll have noticed that the last five have been 12x12 size. &nbsp;They also have all been shellacked birch plywood, no gesso or other preparation. &nbsp;I've been using egberts, which are long bristled filberts that, especially on shellac, give very little control. &nbsp;I'm having a blast using them.<br /><br />Looking for something to paint from a comfortable spot, I didn't originally believe I could make anything out of this and that I would use it as just an exercise, scraping it later. &nbsp;Turns out I find it a pleasant little piece. &nbsp;Lots of fire. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;Back soon.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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text-align: center;"></div><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Blakey Afternoon'.....</span></b><br />.....and <b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Blakely Morning' </span></b>are from the former site of the largest sawmill in the world, way back in the day. &nbsp; It is now a park and I posted another painting from there on July 10th. &nbsp;I've been going there frequently this year, usually to do small studies but also an occasional larger piece, 18x24. &nbsp;Lately I seem to be getting into the 12x12 size. &nbsp;Actually, it's intentional because I have always found a square format to be more compositionally challenging...so I'm working on it.<br /><br />I'm also painting with egbert style brushes which have long difficult to control bristles. &nbsp;The brush dances all over the surface, depositing little dabs of paint at random. &nbsp; A bit like painting with the tail of a live peacock.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Blakey Afternoon' </span></b>happened in the waning afternoon light. &nbsp;You see the water level as relatively low but it quickly changed in the hour I was there and ended up only &nbsp;a few feet below the shore line by the time I packed up. &nbsp;I have another one in the works from studies as the sun was going down. &nbsp;The warm sunset light streams through the trees changing the color of everything.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Blakey Morning'</span></b> is looking back from that opposite shore the next morning. &nbsp;The building is all that is left of a very large sawing complex that extended out over the water on both sides of this narrow peninsula. &nbsp;It has become an ever changing art project for local spray can artists. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IIOfThtMDY/WdJp_EnH4TI/AAAAAAAADxQ/Ll6Xv9Ihuf0YNKlKWck1PbrtwTzlq7g9wCEwYBhgL/s1600/Blakely%2Bmorning%252C%2B12x12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="1600" height="392" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IIOfThtMDY/WdJp_EnH4TI/AAAAAAAADxQ/Ll6Xv9Ihuf0YNKlKWck1PbrtwTzlq7g9wCEwYBhgL/s400/Blakely%2Bmorning%252C%2B12x12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are a couple of pages from my sketchbook which show small paintings of that building done with gouache. &nbsp;Gouache is a great way to study, especially when working small, fast and loose. &nbsp;In an upcoming post I will likely share more of this sketchbook and how it has helped me move toward a better expression of what I want to do.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">And for you who like history, here is a picture of that mill from former times. &nbsp;What is left is that small lighter section in the center of the photo, the generator building (see inset):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1SggT2dyv5U/WdKGxLA6ZII/AAAAAAAADxw/mRmspI28sCUS0710jZ4iURd_-Gp-u-XOQCLcBGAs/s1600/GeneratorBuilding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="400" height="255" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1SggT2dyv5U/WdKGxLA6ZII/AAAAAAAADxw/mRmspI28sCUS0710jZ4iURd_-Gp-u-XOQCLcBGAs/s400/GeneratorBuilding.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;I'll be back.....Dirty Harry said that....</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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I think they make a nice flat shape foil for the other objects.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g_T5vKnTG0Q/VT-_svy4yrI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/locyBAFrPLU6IUINDwRE-Ne-BzvmoQaYACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/The%2BBarbara%2BB016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1291" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g_T5vKnTG0Q/VT-_svy4yrI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/locyBAFrPLU6IUINDwRE-Ne-BzvmoQaYACPcBGAYYCw/s320/The%2BBarbara%2BB016.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of years ago I drew from the same location....obviously a different boat. &nbsp;I used the same drawing technique for the painting that I did in the drawing. &nbsp;The very first stroke I put down was the telephone pole on the right side. &nbsp;Once in place it becomes a measuring stick that the rest of the drawing can build off from. &nbsp;Using that pole for comparison I can see where the parts of the boats line up in comparison to the pole.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also did that in this warm up drawing for the trip this last week. &nbsp;This time it was the front vertical piece of the fork lift. &nbsp;Everything around that was placed in comparison....and then the rest of the drawing from those initial objects. &nbsp;Makes things much simpler....I need 'simpler'. &nbsp; &nbsp;(Look carefully in the other drawing and the same forklift shows up.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fvKemMXa0bM/WdFAFo4gNQI/AAAAAAAADwk/T6VEa1E_iDouThViKaFg1Kl3lmxlJt8egCEwYBhgL/s1600/PT%2Bboatyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1600" height="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fvKemMXa0bM/WdFAFo4gNQI/AAAAAAAADwk/T6VEa1E_iDouThViKaFg1Kl3lmxlJt8egCEwYBhgL/s400/PT%2Bboatyard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: #bd081c; background-position: 3px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 14px 14px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: none; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; left: 224px; line-height: 20px; opacity: 1; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-indent: 20px; top: 1149px; width: auto; z-index: 8675309;">Save</span><span style="background-color: #bd081c; background-position: 3px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 14px 14px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border: none; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: none; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; left: 224px; line-height: 20px; opacity: 1; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; text-indent: 20px; top: 1149px; width: auto; z-index: 8675309;">Save</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/EmD7WqifpXA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/10/blues-and-reds-12x12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-13053297651340514662017-08-30T15:26:00.002-07:002017-08-30T15:26:56.719-07:00Tim Deibler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8T4PRwI0jM4/WacvwWE6xzI/AAAAAAAADvM/lly2a_UdRCgQ3PijXx_JUSsqCHYLYTmiACLcBGAs/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="321" height="312" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8T4PRwI0jM4/WacvwWE6xzI/AAAAAAAADvM/lly2a_UdRCgQ3PijXx_JUSsqCHYLYTmiACLcBGAs/s640/images.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Award Winning Painting by Tim Deibler</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Wonderful artist, terrific teacher, and....</span></b><br />.....all around nice guy, is how I would quickly describe <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Tim Deibler. </span></b>&nbsp;His website is <a href="http://timdeibler.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. &nbsp;He is also a devoted family man with his hands in lots of pots, supporting his family in all ways.<br /><br />Tim was in town again this last Spring and we got to talking about art and significant milestones in our skills. &nbsp;Several times he said that my book<i> 'Value Sketching With Markers'</i> has, for him, been one of those milestones. &nbsp;Every night for the last three years he has drawn in a sketchbook with them before falling to sleep. &nbsp;Using his laptop and YouTube videos he has paused the vids and drawn from the screen.<br /><br />I don't remember everything he told me but my memory says he has filled about 30 sketchbooks and gone through 25 bottles of refill liquid. &nbsp;That's a LOT of drawing.<br /><br />Doing this daily activity he says that his drawing skills are now where he always wished they had been and he can put a line or stroke down and be confident it is where and what he wants it to be. &nbsp;No hesitation. &nbsp;Fully confident in his skills.<br /><br />I believe him. &nbsp;Take a look at his work.<br /><br />Now to have someone of Tim's ability and stature compliment your book is impressive....even if I'm still having to stretch to believe that it has helped him that much. &nbsp;Ah, shucks.<br /><br />He had a sketchbook along and allowed me to take a few shots. &nbsp;He was working on figures, specifically the figure in dance (his daughter teaches and performs ballet). &nbsp;Here are a small fraction &nbsp;of the pages from just this one book.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, remember that these are just what he does to play around with ideas before falling to sleep. &nbsp;They aren't meant for public consumption....until I twisted his arm for permission to post a few of them.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p10QeFMyVMQ/Wac1-N1jWgI/AAAAAAAADvg/7nnR4m6Hr7sIQfLdkAWCq0oFyZPNcf6GwCLcBGAs/s1600/Tim%2Bdrawings015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="915" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p10QeFMyVMQ/Wac1-N1jWgI/AAAAAAAADvg/7nnR4m6Hr7sIQfLdkAWCq0oFyZPNcf6GwCLcBGAs/s400/Tim%2Bdrawings015.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>&nbsp;He also uses marker and pen to sketch around and explore landscape ideas, which he is best known for.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KRQzOvnoBRw/Wac3KNfJbLI/AAAAAAAADv0/JuD7JoReprAf6q9uiqT0PW3xtqxgiy3lgCLcBGAs/s1600/Tim%2Bdrawings003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="915" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KRQzOvnoBRw/Wac3KNfJbLI/AAAAAAAADv0/JuD7JoReprAf6q9uiqT0PW3xtqxgiy3lgCLcBGAs/s640/Tim%2Bdrawings003.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Just look at this latest piece from his website.</b> &nbsp;Absolutely stunning composition and close valued execution. &nbsp;If this is what he has been able to accomplish by drawing nightly with markers then.....well, I think I have to begin myself! &nbsp;....and I wrote the book!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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F. "Bill" Reese</span></b>.<br /><br />This top one was from the early afternoon. &nbsp;It happened to be on one of the main trails and about every minute a new bunch of walkers would come by, stand around a while and move on. &nbsp; It seemed like I could always feel people standing behind me. &nbsp;Very fun.<br /><br />The morning was different, quieter and more removed from the crowds.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fbX9NtYxr04/WXjNbITSpkI/AAAAAAAADus/qIS3EhM-sK4a9yBQ8VuPAjmafd6v7dGqgCLcBGAs/s1600/Bloedel%2BMorning%2B3%252C%2B16x20-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1287" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fbX9NtYxr04/WXjNbITSpkI/AAAAAAAADus/qIS3EhM-sK4a9yBQ8VuPAjmafd6v7dGqgCLcBGAs/s400/Bloedel%2BMorning%2B3%252C%2B16x20-2.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />A stream flowed by my feet and into this pond where large cedars grew right out of the water. &nbsp; Dappled light from the trees hitting my panel made it difficult to see what I was painting and this one took a few minutes followup at home to organize and unify the representation of the mats of plant growth floating on the surface. &nbsp;That blue of the sky reflecting off those plants is what held my attention.<br /><br />Three people have lately mentioned to me how swayed their personal style can be by studying with or greatly admiring other artists. &nbsp;We all go through the 'I wish I could paint like......', filling in the blank with our latest infatuation. &nbsp;It becomes problematic when we judge our own work by the images we have of other's paintings. &nbsp;Even more so when it is both <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Diebenkorn</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Schmid</span></b> there at the same time. &nbsp;Instant confusion.<br /><br />On my iPad I have images of work from 115 different artists, each with their own resounding style and, there have been many times that I wish I could paint like any one of them. &nbsp;Lately, despite often studying those 5000 images, I've once again realized the futility and disaster letting them be too influential. &nbsp; Mesmerized as I am by other artists and their views of the world, when I wake in the morning it's still me and I may as well celebrate that. &nbsp;So, I paint what and how I like and only care if what I do is satisfying to me. &nbsp;Far less angst.... (but still steal good ideas when I find them)<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">By the way, 'Steal Like an Artist' is a good book.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. </span></b><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/me5n6_CFAuQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-day-at-bloedel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-28885103027662035562017-07-19T17:21:00.000-07:002018-04-22T18:55:42.019-07:00Blakely Back Harbor, 16x20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OAB-4LCkapg/WW_yZTB_-0I/AAAAAAAADto/O4nC8ANrKa49GhRfVgNBdEj0VM7U4ll9QCLcBGAs/s1600/Blakely%2BBack%2BHarbor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1315" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OAB-4LCkapg/WW_yZTB_-0I/AAAAAAAADto/O4nC8ANrKa49GhRfVgNBdEj0VM7U4ll9QCLcBGAs/s640/Blakely%2BBack%2BHarbor.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Yes, I know.....</span></b><br />.....it's been a long time since the last post. &nbsp;Months. &nbsp;Our daughter had twins. &nbsp;Need I say more?<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">But I have been painting.</span></b> &nbsp;This is number 45 since June 10th, although most of them are very small studies which I'll likely share later....right after I finally get a post out about Tim Deibler. &nbsp; But that comes later too.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Blakely Back Harbor'</span></b> has a story inasmuch as it is the the park that contains the remains of what was once the largest sawmill in the world. &nbsp;According to photos the harbor usually was filled with sailing ships waiting to take on the sawn planks and distribute them to the world. &nbsp;There was a large town here with several villages within walking distance around it that housed the Japanese, Swedish and the Philippine workers, (plus others). &nbsp;There was a boardwalk, hotel, stores...the whole shebang. &nbsp;The back harbor was used to store water and logs. &nbsp;Once the tide had come in and the water risen behind the dam they built, they blocked the exit and were able to move the logs around more easily.<br /><br />That is all now gone. &nbsp;All that is left are ruins, the slag heaps, the pier supports for the boardwalk and the back harbor. &nbsp;Although usually deserted now, you can sense the bustle of hope, activity and industry that once was here.<br /><br />Anyway, there I was last week with a friend and figured that I hadn't painted anything of a respectable size in a while. &nbsp;Having forgotten my roll of paper towels or rags--I had two small used paper towels sheets--I still gave it a shot and adjusted a couple things once I got home. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Hope you all are having a wonderful summer.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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I had a <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Marker Workshop</span></b> about ten days ago. &nbsp;One of the ideas in my book and that I stress in class is that things catch our eye everyday but we pass them by without even a second thought....but it is those things we notice that help to form our point of view about the world. &nbsp;It's what helps us see in our unique individual way. &nbsp;Its eye candy to us....but maybe not anyone else.<br /><br />This view of drift logs I pass by often when I walk the dog and each time I find it intriguing. &nbsp;It's going to end up in paint, but first I need to study it for a bit to see what I want to say about it. &nbsp;Driving back from an oil change I stopped and did this half page drawing to begin that process. &nbsp;The markers make this kind of exploration much faster than a pencil and, for me, the simplification the marker pens in terms of values helps me to conceive things more abstractly.<br /><br />With just three markers in three values EveryThing can't be represented exactly as we might see it.<br /><br />I wanted to give the workshop participants a taste of this. &nbsp;Often in these workshops we go outdoors to draw but because of the cold and rain <b><span style="color: #741b47;">I tried this:</span></b> &nbsp;A few days before I took the video camera out and set it up in two locations and just let it record...on a tripod....for thirty minutes. &nbsp;At home I transferred it to an editing program and adjusted the color/values a bit.<br /><br />So, without going outside we went to a shoreline and to a marina in the harbor with all the sounds, light changes, seagulls and crashing waves. &nbsp;Everything was moving. &nbsp;Drawing it all would have taken a lot a time. &nbsp;Each person had to find their own eye candy in the scene to draw from. <br /><br />Here is my rendition of the shore. &nbsp;This did not have a lot of things to choose from but they all came up with differing unique views and renditions of it....which I don't have shots of.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZddYmf5w_EU/WOQ_vFirhGI/AAAAAAAADsc/2iQY8y27QZUZn_mXglSXs3UTrtCv9LnrwCEw/s1600/Shore%2Bvid017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZddYmf5w_EU/WOQ_vFirhGI/AAAAAAAADsc/2iQY8y27QZUZn_mXglSXs3UTrtCv9LnrwCEw/s400/Shore%2Bvid017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At a different time I did a gouache painting from the video:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cIQlKrf2haw/WOQ_vuExRXI/AAAAAAAADsc/0fdozl1Hzm49FetjKf-_WFxUWeBZ63ZbACEw/s1600/Shore019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cIQlKrf2haw/WOQ_vuExRXI/AAAAAAAADsc/0fdozl1Hzm49FetjKf-_WFxUWeBZ63ZbACEw/s400/Shore019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Hint for successful videos: &nbsp;<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Make sure the camera is Level.</span></b> &nbsp;I thought I had but the vid was at a bit of a slant and, in painting it, I unconsciously didn't make the water level even though I was aware of the problem. &nbsp;Ah, shucks.....<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;Back soon with a portrait.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/imxWqahMg88" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com1http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/04/of-drift-logs-video-and-eye-candy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-20168042715299556122017-03-23T12:35:00.001-07:002017-04-07T22:35:12.245-07:00Spring Gavotte, 12x24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Per7OUHS07I/WNP_72q1tNI/AAAAAAAADr4/LeeVn2dxp38R3_eZYR_DDlC_KzYACd2TQCLcB/s1600/Spring%2BGavotte%252C%2B12x24-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Per7OUHS07I/WNP_72q1tNI/AAAAAAAADr4/LeeVn2dxp38R3_eZYR_DDlC_KzYACd2TQCLcB/s400/Spring%2BGavotte%252C%2B12x24-2.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Portrait Painting.....</span></b><br />.....happens every other week over at <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Millard Davidson's studio</span></b> (see his work <a href="https://millarddavidson.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>). &nbsp;I had noticed this tree a couple of weeks before at his place and was just waiting for a day that the sun was cooperative....or were the clouds being cooperative? <br /><br />Anyway, during our portrait session the sky had mostly cleared and the Big Leaf Maple was clearly enjoying the moment. &nbsp;I had thought ahead (take note) and been driving around with a panel I thought would work, so I set up the easel and grabbed a #12 flat and blasted away at it before the clouds moved back in. <br /><br />As I painted a part of me was trying to think of a name, assuming it turned out. &nbsp;Everything I thought of seemed too static or cliche'. &nbsp; Toward the end I noticed the smaller trees that had sprouted from the thousands of maple seeds this thing would have dropped each year. &nbsp;It was obviously a dance celebrating the return of the sun.....or something. &nbsp;The big maple was like the Pied Piper. &nbsp;Perhaps I'm being a bit anthropomorphic.<br /><br />Painted on a 12x24 piece of MDF that I had to used Miracle Muck to glue on a piece of Frederix canvas . The best part was I got to use my brand new 'why did I buy this?' tube of Gamblin Cadmium Green for the sun struck moss on the limbs. &nbsp;Nothing else glowed enough to work.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;Back soon.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/a3-tM3CSs8g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com1http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/03/spring-gavotte-12x24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-6366959776332289842017-03-22T09:27:00.000-07:002017-04-07T22:34:46.921-07:00Two Marker Drawings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsCyW8QxsQo/WNKcQ8prE9I/AAAAAAAADrg/foPWQDI3UnI3fyJwjqNFLpQlCKVY0UKJACLcB/s1600/Corner%2BWine%2BOrvieto016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tsCyW8QxsQo/WNKcQ8prE9I/AAAAAAAADrg/foPWQDI3UnI3fyJwjqNFLpQlCKVY0UKJACLcB/s400/Corner%2BWine%2BOrvieto016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.....</span></b><br />.......is full of narrow winding streets, unexpected archways and out of the way shops. &nbsp;We were there for a week ahead of the workshop I was teaching so I could get over the jet lag. &nbsp;I became somewhat of a human being somewhere around two in the afternoon and headed out to sketch a bit. <br /><br />It is fun for me, while one part is doing the drawing, for the other part to just enjoy watching it fall together. &nbsp;I looked first for where I could find a 'yardstick'.....something in the scene easy to draw but could be used to figure out where everything else should be.....and I chose the long side of the doorway on the right side. &nbsp;Then I began, but didn't finish right away, the step up into the store from street level. &nbsp; At that point I had a sense of how it was going to fit together and hopped over to the little pumpkin sitting on a box next to the door. <br /><br />In color, and I did a color sketch later, the orange of the pumpkin in front of the gray brown of the boxes and the green of the foliage was pretty outstanding. &nbsp;In markers and gouache it just became part of the pattern of plants, boxes, and wine bottles. &nbsp;The canopy I slowed way down to do so I could keep the gentle curves and overall shape.<br /><br />It was a scene with a lot of stuff. &nbsp;The challenge was to keep all of that 'stuff' in check so it wouldn't overwhelm the scene but yet give texture. &nbsp;The street alone was all cobblestone which is only subtly stated. &nbsp;Oh, and there were lots of people passing by but none stopped long enough to get put in. &nbsp;The shop owner kept peering out through the display trying to figure out what I was doing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwHgb0VFKaw/WNKgvv9ZIoI/AAAAAAAADrk/hbQLlAeqyHAXnalu1oRQ-4sURiH3Vh6MACLcB/s1600/Transmission%2Bshop015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwHgb0VFKaw/WNKgvv9ZIoI/AAAAAAAADrk/hbQLlAeqyHAXnalu1oRQ-4sURiH3Vh6MACLcB/s400/Transmission%2Bshop015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of days after getting back I had to get our transmission serviced. &nbsp;The woman had some computer questions and the owner spent a short time, maybe three minutes, showing her what to do. &nbsp;With little time to think I grabbed the sketchbook and got just the basics of the figures in before they began answering phones and running around the office. &nbsp;Occasionally they would return to positions similar to this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My 'yardstick' this time was the edge of the computer screen and the doorway behind the two of them. &nbsp;Then I put in all the other parts of the scene and used the markers to provide form and guide the eye. &nbsp;Notice how the computer screen and the guy's shirt are the only placed where I used the darkest marker. &nbsp;Your eye can wander around but gets sucked right back to that area. &nbsp;There were lots of dark areas in the scene that didn't get stated just to keep that effect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the way, I have a <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Marker Workshop</span></b> this Saturday with a couple of open spaces and I have the materials you need for sale (at cost) so all you need do is sign up and show up. &nbsp;9:30 to 4:30 on Saturday, March 25, 2017. &nbsp;Contact the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Winslow Art Center</span></b> <a href="https://www.winslowartcenter.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you can't make the workshop be sure to check out my book (recently expanded and updated) in the page tab up at the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also have a portrait workshop early in May that you can also check out. &nbsp;Limited spaces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/y1Ms0W-RT9o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com0http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/03/two-marker-drawings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-19369391204478758092017-03-17T21:03:00.000-07:002017-04-07T22:36:20.112-07:00Splitting Wood, 24x24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NnUTZijeOFc/WMys9cJhWcI/AAAAAAAADrQ/HzzedCwgtwQQTBVeLwCaB1b4PV3ondMHwCLcB/s1600/Splitting%2BWood%252C%2B24x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NnUTZijeOFc/WMys9cJhWcI/AAAAAAAADrQ/HzzedCwgtwQQTBVeLwCaB1b4PV3ondMHwCLcB/s400/Splitting%2BWood%252C%2B24x24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Last October we had this tree taken down....</span></b><br />.....and there it sat until the sun began to return the last couple of months. &nbsp;At ten in the morning for only 45 minutes the sun would hit at just the right angle through the trees to light up the stump and the wood I had been splitting. <br /><br />So, once I had decided to paint it, each day there was any sun I would haul out the easel and gear early enough that I was ready to paint when the sunlight poured through the trees. &nbsp;One session to draw and block it in roughly, one to adjust the color shapes, &nbsp;one to add some detail, and then....Oops! &nbsp;The yard guys we hired for a clean up decided, while I was away, to help me and began splitting it up and make little piles. &nbsp;Everything changed. &nbsp;Nice guys. &nbsp;Wrong timing.<br /><br />Fortunately it was within a session of being finished and there was enough information already down to make it work. &nbsp;So one more short session in the studio and this is what I have.<br /><br />In the Pacific Northwest winter 'sun' the values can get really dark so I raised the overall values and pushed up even more on the darks, relying on temperature shifts to make the form happen. &nbsp;I enjoyed doing this one as I had a lot of leeway in choosing color possibilities.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking. &nbsp;Back soon.</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DarrellAndersonsPaintingsAndPrints/~4/ZaTU3qPN9d0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Darrell Andersonhttps://plus.google.com/107809024885483788022noreply@blogger.com1http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/2017/03/splitting-wood-24x24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-42871597862709805182017-02-27T19:21:00.002-08:002017-02-27T19:32:37.325-08:00Leftovers, 8x16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zEl3o-epS7E/WLO2SY41agI/AAAAAAAADqk/TyyIEAsguz03Yj8WXYxsgm5pCGq6kIr3QCLcB/s1600/Carnations%2Band%2BDaisies-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zEl3o-epS7E/WLO2SY41agI/AAAAAAAADqk/TyyIEAsguz03Yj8WXYxsgm5pCGq6kIr3QCLcB/s640/Carnations%2Band%2BDaisies-2.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">I had a few extra flowers.....</span></b><br />.....from a still life set up for one of my classes. &nbsp;I brought them home, plopped them in an antique pitcher, walked by them for a couple of days and finally recognized that they could be interesting to paint.<br /><br />So I pulled them out to the studio and set them on a shelf intending to add some other things for more &nbsp;variety....and found out they already were interesting as they were. <br /><br />I first painted the pitcher getting the light reflections balanced. &nbsp;Then large areas of color were blocked in and carved into flower masses. &nbsp;It's the perimeters of flowers that do most of the work in giving them the 'floweriness' they are on canvas. &nbsp;Make an amorphous shape and then add what isn't 'flower' and you can get a long way toward making them convincing and interesting. &nbsp;This works best with the varieties that have a round or globular shape like roses, carnations, dahlias, daisies. &nbsp;'Bird of Paradise', not so well.<br /><br />I've begun playing around with Indian Yellow. &nbsp;Nice transparent color of low tinting strength and, when not overpowered by other hues in a mix (as it easily is), a very vibrant color.<br /><br />Later.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for reading....</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div><div class="feedflare">
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